British Public TV Station Will Broadcast Call To Prayer During Ramadan

Reuters reports that British television's publicly-owned Channel 4 will be the first mainstream national station to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during the upcoming month of Ramadan.  Beginning July 9, and continuing for the full month of the Ramadan fast, the station will broadcast the call to prayer at 3:00 A.M. A station official said that he particularly wants to give voice to mainstream Muslims after the anti-Muslim backlash that has followed the May killing on a London street of a British Afghanistan War veteran. Channel 4 has a history of controversial programming and expects criticism for this decision.